#491F85#491F85

#491F85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.158 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F85
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 76.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 41.91, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 64.84, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0701 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.158 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4702, 4.0897, 22.5816)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F85 #5B851F

analogous

#1F2885 #491F85 #7C1F85

triadic

#491F85 #85491F #1F8549

tetradic

#491F85 #851F28 #5B851F #1F857C

square

#491F85 #851F28 #5B851F #1F857C

split-complementary

#491F85 #857C1F #28851F

monochromatic

#130822 #2E1353 #491F85 #642BB7 #834AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#491F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#491F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F85

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F85	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.158 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825fa9',
    500: '#491f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f85;
$custom-light: #825fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 62.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36337,
    "c": 0.15803,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F85

secondary

#8AB749

accent

#E543A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F85

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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